From San Diego, California, this is a one extraordinary marriage show.

We're being busy as overdone, romancing as fun, and scheduling sex has taken the guesswork

at a wondering when you're going to get some. I'm Tony DeLorenzo, your co-host,

along with my beautiful wife, Alisa. From coast to coast and around the world,

thank you for joining us. It's time to talk sex, love, and commitment.

Give us a call or text us on the hug hotline at 858-876-5663,

or send us an email to hugsatonexvernaremarriage.com.

In today's episode, we're talking about the impact that those controlling behaviors are

having on your marriage and your six pillars of intimacy. There's an anonymous quote that says,

you cannot control other people. You can only control your reactions to them.

But I'd probably put a little asterisk on that and say, except when there are situations

in your marriage and you want to control them. So we'll be talking about that in today's episode.

But first, we start every one extraordinary marriage episode with a hug. And a hug is really an

opportunity to acknowledge what you're doing in your marriage, to celebrate you, to share with

others the journey that the two of you have been on, because so often that gives hope to other

people. And this hug comes from an email that we receive that says, thank you both so much for

everything you do. What a difference it has made for my husband and I. We've been married for

less than two years. Love all our newlyweds. Yes. So excited that you guys are changing and

changing the trajectory of your marriage from the get-go. Goes on to say, we have both been married

before and have been through some of the same traumas. We've had some very painful struggles in our

short marriage. And by the grace of God, I found your podcast and it has made all the difference.

I started listening myself and wanted so much for my husband to also listen. I would do wonderfully

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